When does the Alpha end?

Pantokrator · June 2016

I already reviewed all the content and sent them intel about their faults but noone can tell me when the alpha of this game ends.

If this really is the full game it's outright disgusting.
I have played on better WoW private servers than this mess.

PvE faults:
- You can't get a group of friend together to do something? You are ***. Have fun grinding mobs for ... Nothing really.
- You like walking? Zenimax likes walking, too. And loading screens. If you are lucky you get one every 10 steps ... Or can you make it every five?
- There is no difficulty in this game. Just kill 100 enemies at once and loot 5 gold from the massacre (there is no lower currency, sooo about 95% of the Tamriel population is broke). Makes sense.
- Did I mention that this is supposed to be a MMO? Haha, i won't exaggerate on this but you only see more than five people at once if you take the black dolls into account that seem to live in the major cities and that you sometims glance at between loading screens.
- 9/10 NPCs are invisible. ESO is a numbers game. Kill the numbers! Hit them with everything! Optimize your hero to hit at larger numbers! This is character progression!
- Bugs as always.
- The loot is great and worth the effort.

PvP faults:
- There is no "Player versus Player" mode. All there is is a "the bigger group wins" with all the loadingscreens and more lag than in PvE.
- You do not get rewarded for "PvP".
- There is no competitive multiplayer apart from "Who invests the most time?!".

General faults:
- No cooldowns on abilities
- No ability balance
- No real PvP
- Lag increases over time. In about 3 DLCs this game will consist of one unending loadingscreen if they keep the pace up.
- Too much optics and effects, not near enough game performance
- No aim to shoot for
- The main story is about as boring and challenging as a ten second staring contest with a stone.

The thing that really makes me mad is that i invested way too much money into this game.
I supposed it would get BETTER if i supported eso, not WORSE every three months.

An ape could play eso "pvp" or pve by smashing a controller onto the ground ...
Hell he could even play up to four accounts at the same time!

When does this end?
Is there an end in sight?

Will there be real PvP where players fight against players in real combat?
Will the loading screen end?

I doubt that this game will get better.
I tried to stay, i really did.
I tried to motivate friends.
But if the next patch (i'll gove eso one last chance, even if it doesn't deserve it any more than the last 3 chances) doesn't at least fix the lag and loading screens i'll never play any more bethesda games and not live to regret it.

It's just sad and an outright disgrace that ESO ended like this.

Junipus · June 2016

Can I have your stuff first?

SirAndy · June 2016

Pantokrator wrote: »

When does the Alpha end?

Smileybones · June 2016

Elder Scrolls games have been buggy since over 2 decades.

nimander99 · June 2016

I predict this thread will be locked... Soon(TM)

FLuFFyxMuFFiN · June 2016

hahaha good one! It's both funny and original *sarcasm*

Taleof2Cities · June 2016

In before lock as well ...

Tryxus · June 2016

The Alpha ends when you upgrade your Dial Up connection

Uriel_Nocturne · June 2016

Awwww. How cute.

OP thinks he's going to be clever by calling ESO an Alpha.

Adorable.

Woeler · June 2016

And also, this is a game developed by Zenimax Online Studios. Bethesda is only the publisher, but I guess with poorly constructed posts comes poor research.

Really nobody cares about your complaints here, especially not if you're just summing up and not being constructive.

AlnilamE · June 2016

I think your computer has problems. I pretty much never get load screens anymore unless I'm zoning (or a keep just changed hands).

UltimaJoe777 · June 2016

Pantokrator wrote: »

I already reviewed all the content and sent them intel about their faults but noone can tell me when the alpha of this game ends.

If this really is the full game it's outright disgusting.
I have played on better WoW private servers than this mess.

PvE faults:
- You can't get a group of friend together to do something? You are ***. Have fun grinding mobs for ... Nothing really.
- You like walking? Zenimax likes walking, too. And loading screens. If you are lucky you get one every 10 steps ... Or can you make it every five?
- There is no difficulty in this game. Just kill 100 enemies at once and loot 5 gold from the massacre (there is no lower currency, sooo about 95% of the Tamriel population is broke). Makes sense.
- Did I mention that this is supposed to be a MMO? Haha, i won't exaggerate on this but you only see more than five people at once if you take the black dolls into account that seem to live in the major cities and that you sometims glance at between loading screens.
- 9/10 NPCs are invisible. ESO is a numbers game. Kill the numbers! Hit them with everything! Optimize your hero to hit at larger numbers! This is character progression!
- Bugs as always.
- The loot is great and worth the effort.

PvP faults:
- There is no "Player versus Player" mode. All there is is a "the bigger group wins" with all the loadingscreens and more lag than in PvE.
- You do not get rewarded for "PvP".
- There is no competitive multiplayer apart from "Who invests the most time?!".

General faults:
- No cooldowns on abilities
- No ability balance
- No real PvP
- Lag increases over time. In about 3 DLCs this game will consist of one unending loadingscreen if they keep the pace up.
- Too much optics and effects, not near enough game performance
- No aim to shoot for
- The main story is about as boring and challenging as a ten second staring contest with a stone.

The thing that really makes me mad is that i invested way too much money into this game.
I supposed it would get BETTER if i supported eso, not WORSE every three months.

An ape could play eso "pvp" or pve by smashing a controller onto the ground ...
Hell he could even play up to four accounts at the same time!

When does this end?
Is there an end in sight?

Will there be real PvP where players fight against players in real combat?
Will the loading screen end?

I doubt that this game will get better.
I tried to stay, i really did.
I tried to motivate friends.
But if the next patch (i'll gove eso one last chance, even if it doesn't deserve it any more than the last 3 chances) doesn't at least fix the lag and loading screens i'll never play any more bethesda games and not live to regret it.

It's just sad and an outright disgrace that ESO ended like this.

Ok let's sort this out shall we?

PvE faults:
1. If you can't get a group of friends together you all either chose different factions (possible remedy coming with One Tamriel), you just met said friends and they aren't as interested, or you have no friends at all.
2. There are wayshrines EVERYWHERE and dungeons are not THAT big. As for loading screens, issue we see every DLC that gets fixed eventually until the next DLC.
3. They are working on making endgame content difficult but not too difficult so it pleases everyone. There is always gonna be someone that disapproves of everything though so they compromise as much as possible.
4. People tend to go where the excitement is. For now that's Gold Coast and mugging people in towns. You can also find people in Cyrodiil.
5. Not everyone is meta. I'm not meta, and I do fine. Min/max if you want but don't think everyone does.
6. Yep, every MMO has bugs. That's how it is.
7. Sarcasm eh? Wonder what that tastes like...

PvP faults:
1. Small-scale PvP is coming... soon.
2. Don't get rewarded eh? Well I suppose that depends on what you call a reward. For some it's PvP sets. Others, it's teabagging...
3. You are mistaken. Despite how it may look some people do actually properly compete with each other and enjoy. Just because you're not/don't doesn't mean it's non-existant.

General faults:
1. Casting time begs to differ. So does exhausting your resources, or getting them ravaged by Weapon Poison/Siege Weapons.
2. You and everyone's mother will say this until the end of time. No one is ever happy with the state of things and never will be. Don't know what to tell ya on this one beyond oh well virtual life's a *** lol
3. Just because all we have now is large-scale PvP doesn't mean it's "fake".
4. Simple fix there: Reboot your game.
5. Too much you say? I've seen games with more...
6. Make your aim.
7. Well that's your opinion. No one will tell you you are wrong on it but they may disagree.

And last but not least... ESO "ended like this"? No, it's only just beginning...

Resfeber · June 2016

AlnilamE wrote: »

I think your computer has problems. I pretty much never get load screens anymore unless I'm zoning (or a keep just changed hands).

This. I also assumed this at:

9/10 NPCs are invisible... If you are lucky you get one every 10 steps ...

It may not be problems as much as connection issues, etc. But it doesn't sound like you're getting the average experience.

SolarCat02 · June 2016

Resfeber wrote: »

AlnilamE wrote: »

I think your computer has problems. I pretty much never get load screens anymore unless I'm zoning (or a keep just changed hands).

This. I also assumed this at:

9/10 NPCs are invisible... If you are lucky you get one every 10 steps ...

It may not be problems as much as connection issues, etc. But it doesn't sound like you're getting the average experience.

Actually, it sounds like he's on Console. I agree with the loading screen and invisible NPC complaints.

Here's a typical example:
http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/SolarCat02/video/18589536

The invisible enemy NPCs can be overcome in general use by keeping AoEs on your bar, and enabling the combat text so you can see where they are. Doesn't help with the banker taking forever to load, or getting spotted by invisible guards during Dark Brotherhood quests, but at least it's something.

The loading screens... I don't know a good way around that.

driosketch · June 2016

Pantokrator wrote: »

General faults:
- No cooldowns on abilities

Is this a complaint people have?

waterfairy · June 2016

Tryxus wrote: »

The Alpha ends when you upgrade your Dial Up connection

ha this.

You should look at alpha footage of this game...believe it or not, it's stepped up a lot since then. Sure there's many things that they do wrong but this is far from an alpha version.

FerrumnCutem · June 2016

Dis guy tho.
Sounds like you and your pc are just downright garbage

Maybe not *** about your personnal problems on the forums while you could also be shutting up.

Abeille · June 2016

Want some fries with that salt?

Taleof2Cities · June 2016

Where is the OP?

In the spirit of debate and open forum, surely he has a rebuttal to our comments ...

Lightninvash · June 2016

Taleof2Cities wrote: »

Where is the OP?

In the spirit of debate and open forum, surely he has a rebuttal to our comments ...

@Taleof2Cities considering the OP is a soul shriven rank not even having a star. I am going with he/she probably raged on to the forums to blurt out some crap and raged out just to go back to play the game. He/she probably doesn't even visit the forums much. So I doubt we will see a reply from him/her. Judging by how the level of saltines exceeded the ocean in his post I am guessing a male person and by how it was written I will go with a single lives with his mother 16-20 year old.

BFT88 · June 2016

The OP is still standing in line at the cable company to upgrade his Dial Up.

ZOS_GregoryV · June 2016

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